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🇪🇷 Martyrs' Day in Eritrea
Also known as: Maelti Siwuat
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Date in Eritrea
June 20
Honors Christian converts killed for their faith in the 1880s.
Commemorates the victims of the 1953 Batepá massacre during Portuguese colonial rule
How Martyrs' Day is observed in Eritrea
Historical significance
Commemorates the start of the armed struggle in 1961.
Public life in Eritrea
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1943 The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days. · United States
- 1960 Mali Federation, a short-lived union between the Sudanese Republic and Senegal, attains independence from France.
- 1979 Ugandan President Yusufu Lule is ousted by the National Consultative Council, who appointed lawyer Godfrey Binaisa as the new head of state. · Uganda
- 1979 Yusufu Lule voted out of office by the National Consultative Council after a tenure of only 68 days and immediately replaced by Godfrey Binaisa. · Uganda
- 1979 Godfrey Binaisa appointed President of Uganda by the National Consultative Commission as a compromise figure following Yusuf Lule's brief transitional... · Uganda
- 1988 Haitian president Leslie Manigat is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant General Henri Namphy. · Haiti
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Burkina Faso
Oct 31
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DRCongo
Jan 4
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Gabon
May 6
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Libya
Sep 16
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Madagascar
Mar 29
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Malawi
Mar 3
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Mali
Mar 26
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Sao Tome and Principe
Feb 3
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Togo
Jun 21
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Tunisia
Apr 9
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Uganda
Jun 3